Ukraine Crisis: Vladimir Putin Marches Into The Void Created By Barack Obama
Obama’s weak posturing on the Ukrainian is quickly being filled by Vladimir Putin.
Vladimir Putin has played in the new global power struggle ever since the Assad regime was allowed to gallop gleefully over Mr Obama’s “red line” by using chemical weapons on its own people, thus showing the whole world that you could now openly defy America and suffer no consequences. Putin has believed himself (not unjustifiably) to be on a roll.
Ironically, Mr. Putin’s successes in foreign affairs do not reflect the economic and political accomplishments of Russia, but are the results of American and European fecklessness, incompetence and wobbly leadership.
Rarely have the consequences of President Obama‘s disinterest in American national security been so evident as in Ukraine’s ongoing crisis.
After essentially ignoring Ukraine for five years, Obama now faces armed hostilities in a large Central European country, with important U.S. interests at stake and no idea what to do. In fact, it may be too late for us to prevent tragedy.
Remember when Barack Obama began his presidency with a tour of Eastern Europe in which he announced explicitly what America’s intentions were in the wake of the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact? The long-range missile shield, proposed by the Bush administration, with which the United States had intended to guard those countries would be abandoned. After all, the threat was gone, Right?: Russia was no longer to be regarded a bellicose enemy. So Europe, which had relied so long on American military power, would have to be responsible for its own defences. As per Barack Obama.
What Obama meant is, in other words, you can spend your own money on armaments from now on. The worldwide ideological battle between the US and the Soviet Union is over, so there’s nothing in this for us. So we’re out of here. Bye bye!
And Obama meant it. While Kiev burned, and Europe scrambled a delegation of foreign ministers in some sort of belated attempt to come to terms with Vladimir Putin’s phenomenally brazen power game, the Obama White House seemed very far away – still wittering about the Ukrainian government “crossing a line” while it deliberated the possibility of selective visa sanctions. Meanwhile, ministers from Germany, France and Poland were trying to talk turkey through the gunfire.
It was clear from the outset that the EU ministers saw the urgency of their mission very much in terms of their own particular national interests. Angela Merkel appeared to be the real driving force behind the attempt to achieve some sort of negotiated settlement. The European Commission and Baroness Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (a title that could be set to music by Gilbert and Sullivan), were largely irrelevant. They say that all politics is local, which may or may or not be true. But it is certainly the case that, when it comes to it, all foreign policy is national.
Ukraine – a large, populous country which forms the critical, hazardous bridge between a neo-imperial Russia and a deluded European Union with fantasies of superpower status – is still in chaos. The biggest player in this game (which, incidentally, is poker, not chess) was Mr Putin, as the US president effectively acknowledged by telephoning him after the negotiated “agreement” with the EU foreign ministers was reached.
This is, in fact, only the latest hand which Putin has played in the new global power struggle. Ever since the Assad regime was allowed to gallop gleefully over Mr Obama’s “red line” by using chemical weapons on its own people – thus showing the world that you could now openly defy America and suffer no consequences – Putin has believed himself (not unjustifiably) to be on a roll.
That this ex-KGB autocrat, presiding over a country with a dying population and an economy entirely dependent on the price of oil, has become the world’s most powerful head of state (and its self-appointed chief peacemaker, of all things) is entirely attributable to the vacuum which has been left by America’s retreat. It is quite true that the US could not militarily intervene in Ukraine (or in Georgia). But it is the void, that deliberate withdrawal from the global stage, which allows the new Imperial Russia to march across it with impunity.
Putin clearly felt confident that he could reclaim those countries which he believes to be within Russia’s own sphere of influence, and justifiably respond with outrage when they got ideas of their own about being modern self-determining European states. There is a vacancy for world domination – and Putin, wearing his most implacable face, has put down his marker. Which raises the interesting question: back in the day, was Soviet aggression always about territory, rather than ideology?
Nor is Russia alone in this new imperial confidence. China is threatening Japan – America’s established ally – over territory, in a way that would have seemed unthinkable a generation ago. And, ironically, it was to Asia that Mr Obama claimed he was shifting the attention of his foreign policy. In the absence of American leadership, it seems that any state looking for an expansionist adventure or a public relations bonanza can take a punt.
And, of course, al-Qaeda has noticed, too. The failure of the West to support the early stages of the Syrian resistance to Assad provided a splendid opportunity for it to stage a takeover of the rebellion with a ready-made case: the West has abandoned you to the regime that murders your children with poison gas. We are the only ones to whom you can turn for defence.
So tell me, those of you who have demanded for years that America and the West should end their “domination” of geopolitics, and their interference in the affairs of far-flung nations: is this what you wanted? A free-for-all for rogue states, lunatic extremists and long-dead imperial powers, in which the lives and freedoms of populations caught up in the murderous power play would count for nothing?
Over Syria, every crackpot and despot in the world saw America dither and shamelessly contradict itself – and in the end, do nothing. Every rebellious dissident in an autocratic country now appreciates that he and his fellow protesters are on their own, with only the feeble attempts of a collective European negotiating machine standing between them and annihilation.
If Ukraine – or Syria for that matter – eventually finds its way to some form of stable democracy, it will have been with precious little help from the West, which seems to be either uninterested (America) or useless (the EU). So I ask again: is this what those who longed for a post-American, post-Western world had in mind?
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The dictator has certainly been an easy target and managed to annihilate what ever was left of any dignity the presidential office may have left dangling. I am not a fan of putin politics but the guy has his act together. He is very smooth and does have some charisma. We have no way of knowing at this moment who the anti christ could be but wow, what a contender…….
If you compare Obama with Putin then you get the idea Obama is a little 5 year old kiddy running across the main highway during 5pm traffic not knowing what to do while vehicles are constantly blowing their horns, shouting to the kiddy to get out of the way, while nobody really cares.
I hear black folks cannot play chess. Are there any black folks that can confirm this? Sorry, not trying to be racist but I was just wondering why the Nigerians only play dumb board instead of chess?
the difference between growing up in the KGB practicing discipline vs Chrooming and whatever felt good
Go Putin!!
Anyone who imagines that President Assad poisoned his own people with chemicals immediately forfeits any credibility.
Bye bye, Josey.
yep, I’m with you. not one shred of evidence, because he didn’t do it, lots of rebel evidence and they did videos of it! yeah, Assad is one of the gooder bad guys. I’m definitely on Assad’s side here. secondly, just what is our interest in Ukraine? seriously, what does their existence truly mean to real america(ns)?
The USA CIA supplied Al-Queda in Syria with chem-weapons. Fact.
The USA CIA instigated the rioting in the UKRAINE. FACT.
All that has happened is like a BULL in a china SHOP Obama has destroyed UKRAINE, PUTIN has said no more MONEY. Now Ukraine wants Uncle Sam to fork over $35 billion US dollars to rebuild Ukraine.
Personally it’s a trap, PUTIN will let the west do this ‘investment’ and then PUTIN will take UKRAINE back, cuz most real people don’t want to be OWNED by ISRAEL in Ukraine, at least Russia gives them freedom. There is no freedom under the USA or its Israeli (AIPAC) masters.
All by design – Obama is a puppet of the NWO elite. And Putin will never abrogate Russia’s claim on the Ukraine. It has, and will always be, Russia’s breadbasket. The Tsar’s, Lenin, Stalin and all subsequent Russian Hegemonists understand this, and will never hesitate to use force and coercion to maintain control over the Ukraine.
OIL,oil,oil….enough said.
They are both full of shit. Russia just withheld money from Ukraine last week.
The “unrest” isn’t Putin’s fault. It’s the Ukrainian Presidents fault. But Putin has his own political party within Ukraine. The head of that political party, which I forget the name, just got his house burned down by euromaiden.
Excellent write up JW
Jimmy Carter was to me the best president we’ve ever had, never did he give in to the special interest to go to war. He is a 100% go human being. They call him weak for not doing what past and present presidents do… sell their souls. Its ashame that peoole dont know the difference between a weak man and a brave man, President Carter was brave in his convictions. We need people like him today.
Oh please, where were you during Carter, on the magic bus? Gas lines, Iran hostages, hyper inflation, worst recession since the depression, now Obama has topped that too. Get back on you bus and leave this to the adults to clean up…again!
Mistake, good human being
Who is the real author of this pretend from the planet lu lu garbage. Every sentence is the complete opposite of reality as is the general theme, sub contexts and inferences. It is so wrong, the exact opposite of reality that it seems to have been engineered in a laboratory for 180 degree mind turning. The comments in the response section generally are so glib in their faint criticism it takes my breath away.
The rebels launched the gas not assad…
Obama didnt enter syria (though the corp fascists wanted him to) because of the overwhelming disapproval of the american public as well as open disagreement of the action by top US military leaders.
The Ukraine is just the next staged proxy war (after syria fell through, and no one bought the iran propaganda) by the zionist/ royal/ banking bloodlines to kick off WWIII.
They cant keep the house of cards also known as the global economy up forever, it is designed to collapse and they are obviously racing to kick off the next big one. Just look at the time frames:
Major economic downturn in the US, 1907. US enters WWI, 1917.
Major economic downtrun in the US, 1929. US enters WWII, 1941.
Major economic downturn in the US, 2008….
I agree with the article to the point that Obama is a weak person, soulless and hollow as well. Obviously a Luciferian puppet. But much of the info is hogwash.
Its all by design. Get used to it, Their game and their results.
Remember the open mic between ob and Putin before the election.
You are seeing this process in play.
Its obvious Putin is in on it to some extent, large or small i do not know… But what do you expect from ex KGB?
Like no one else seemed to notice how Putin gave Obama political coverage and an out on Syria. They had the ramp up, Russia already had ships and advisors in Syria, it came time for the US to act.
And the people rose up the polls i saw were putting it around 95% of americans against intervention in Syria, political affiliation was no real idealistic difference. And then the enlisted started to speak out against Syria followed by upper brass.
Then the warhawks knew Syria was a no go, and all the sudden the fact that Russia was sending warships to the ME was why we backed down as the official excuse……..
1776 worldwide is the only way to fix this situation.
Ex KGB wool always outfox ex Nigerian.
I agree with most of what you have to say here but I think you are wrong about Assad using chemical weapons on his own people. All you need do is look to the savagery of the militant al-Qaeda freedom fighters to see that they are the ones with the madness to slaughter the innocent. Did you not hear of these anti-Assad militants destroying Christian towns, kidnapping nuns, putting people in cooking ovens, sawing off the appendages of little girls, and beheading, so much beheading, cruelty unthinkable by most alive. These are the psychotic men against Assad. And we arm them with the finest in murdering weapons? We thank them for their good deeds against a supposedly wicked leader? I saw no videotaped footage of Assad’s men firing chemical weapons but I did see footage of the insane rebels firing chemical weapons. I did see video of a cave that had been overtaken by Assad’s men wherein chemical masks and chemical weapons of the rebels were being stored. I don’t say Assad is perfect. But I do know he is much improved from his father and I can safely assure you that he is not guilty of sawing off little girl’s arms and beheading with a jacknife anyone he doesn’t like. No, that is not Assad. These are the crimes of the America-funded and armed thugs who are associated with al-Quaeda and al-Nusra vicious thugs whom Senator John McCain thinks are so wonderful. The only reason Assad is being blamed because the ever-scheming, greedy Americans want to steal Syria’s resources for themselves, just like they did in Libya and Afghanistan and Iraq. Assad is proclaimed guilty so the Obama regime can get what it wants, resources and leader change, leaders who will act as U.S. puppets. Truly sinister for the U.S. to support savage murderers who behead children just to steal a country’s resources and overthrow a fine government.
All by Design, Putin is part of the same Luciferians as Obama as is China..a Game for ww3, they all have the same Rothschilds central banks..and controlled by the same handful
California the Dams have been Drained, by the likes of Buffet another Rothschilds Lapdog who brought Arnold to England before he ran for Governor in California to meet with Rothschild, they are going to do to US what they did when they killed all the Buffalo ..Stave US, 100 million native indians couldn’t be wrong
Deer and Elk dying by the 100′s for no reason, the oceans being Nuked fish Dying by the Millions, lakes and rivers fish dying by the 1000′s, birds droping dead by the 100′s..make no mistake, they starved millions in iraq, they stopped counting the children at 500,000 albright even did an interview and said so
Now Oil and Chemical spills everywhere LOL..in the Water
They will have no problem doing the same to Americans, the food source and drinking water is the first to go, then US..think about it..no food, no water.. what would someone do ?
“Josey Wales” wrote: “Ever since the Assad regime was allowed to gallop gleefully over Mr Obama’s “red line” by using chemical weapons on its own people” (WTF?!) Please do some research!
Josy wales is an ameri SCUM “DUMB AS SPIT” RETARD!
A walking, talking , Parrot, trained by FOX NEWS, owned by a Talmud reading foreigner zionist PIG!
And Josy “believes them”!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Do you think Josy the Retard cares about THAT reality?
OF COURSE NOT!
Disinformation…the reason Obama did not move on Syria is because it was learned that the Al Queda operatives actually did the sarin bomb. That is why the story dropped off the radar. Whoever wrote this is a disinfo agent. Your an illuminati mouthpiece or CIA operative if you think it is OK for the US to have missle bases surrounding Russia and yet Putin is the bad guy for trying to protect millions of Russians in the eastern Ukraine….what should he do…let the euro-American bilderbergers, spin ops, and neo-nazis they gave $5 billion to to launch this Ukrainian takeover just rampage onwards…do you folks even know where the Ukraine is?
But that’s okay, if you want a WWIII with Russia, not anemic Iraq or Afghanistan…go right ahead and rave on…you will get. And it is wonderful to see race baiters here…the cops and the military are going to coming down your street…soon. The coup is not more than 3 months away. Just wait, snicker, and be shocked into disbelief.